Sanders vows to ban fracking if elected president

The Democratic-Socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders doubled down on Monday his commitment to ban fracking across the country at a New York rally. He renewed his focus to end hydraulic fracturing, a process to extract oil and gas from shale rock formations. This relatively new method has created a glut of oil and natural gas, and the savings have been passed on to consumers in lower electricity and gas prices. Energy analysts predict that the “resulting boom in traditional energy sources will allow the United States to overtake OPEC giant Saudi Arabia in oil production by 2020.”

Sanders and fracking have never really gotten along. Last fall, Sen. Sanders introduced “sweeping legislation to ban the extract of any fossil fuels on federal lands.” But starting Monday night in Binghampton, New York, and then moving across Pennsylvania, he made it a point to say he would institute a national ban on hydraulic fracturing. Sanders has become an expert at dividing the electorate up along income inequality, and is now using energy as another demarcation between him and Hillary Clinton.

Environmentalists successfully banned fracking in New York state by using reports generated by activists seeking to prevent further exploration of this natural resource. This dressed-up report was then used by Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban fracking, despite its record of being a safe to extract natural gas and oil. New York sits on one of the largest shale gas formations in North America.

“In my view,” Sanders said on Monday, “if we are serious about safe and clean drinking water, if we are serious about clean air, if we are serious about combating climate change, we need to put an end to fracking not only in New York and Vermont, but all over this country.” Unfortunately for Sanders, none of those statements have any basis in reality. Even the EPA has weighed in and said fracking did not pose a risk to drinking water.

Sanders also congratulated Governor Cuomo on banning fracking, saying: “What may have been considered unrealistic or pie in the sky just a few years ago has now been achieved in New York because you made it happen.” Sanders is trying to contrast his views on fracking with those of his opponent Hillary Clinton, who also said she would work to ban fracking on federal lands.

Before giving his usual speech to the hundreds of ‘Bernheads,’ it was not at all surprising to see controversial director Josh Fox introduce Sanders to the crowd. Fox was the director behind the misleading anti-fracking movie GasLand, a two-part documentary that tried to show fracking was polluting drinking water and making water flammable. It was later revealed that fracking was not responsible for lighting water on fire, and that the phenomenon was caused by either natural reasons, or as one Texas court ruled, done intentionally.

Fox was accused of using falsehoods to further his anti-fracking goals. In GasLand II, the “filmmaker and anti-fracking activist” used “a Texas environmentalist’s hoax to show hydraulic fracturing allegedly contaminating water.” The movie included a scene showing a “Texas landowner lighting the contents of a garden hose on fire.” A Texas court ultimately ruled that the “scene was a hoax concocted by an environmental activist engaged in a prolonged battle with a local gas company. The environmentalist sought to inflate the dangers of fracking.”

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Amber

Between Hillary shutting down the coal workers jobs and Bernie promising to impose a national ban on natural gas workers jobs in fracking what ‘s next ? So much for the claim to represent working people . Maybe the USA wants to win the fuel poverty death title of 40,000 from Europe.How about cutting the EPA in half on his first day ? Although there won’t be a first day for Bernie . That’s like saying the Arctic will be ice free on election day . When did the Democrats suddenly become the economy destroyer party ?

Edmonton Al

Amber

This is Bernie’s… be scared very scared look . He is really good at it too . What’s really scary is he has been a politician most of his life and done almost nothing to change the things that he rants about . Effective ranter though akin to Yosemite Sam of Bugs Bunny fame . Lovable but not in Bugs league .

GR82DRV

Bernie’s band of malcontent supporters have organized to protest Trump rallies, equating his name with racism. I’m no Trump fan, but I don’t support this disgusting behavior that will eventually paint [u]every[/u] opponent of socialism as a racist, sexist, homophobe, bigot, etc.

If this is the new game, at least it would be more historically accurate to protest Sanders rallies accusing him of supporting a system that has resulted in the oppression of human rights and systemic murder of millions – [b]socialism[/b]. Imagine the shock of the leftist media if great numbers of protesters held posters equating socialism with murder, etc, at his rallies… At least they would be forced to explain the real devolved historic outcomes of that failed political philosophy. Gulags and killing fields are, after all, hard to deny.

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Amber

One of the most significant outcomes of the USA election is the public awakening to the utter contempt main street media holds them . Preachy condescending Liberals
pushing for the most part Democrat ideology while shutting out different values and political priorities . Telling the people what to think instead of listening . The Green Party garnering a whopping 1 % of the vote and was supposed to be the champion of what the President claims is the number one threat to the world . Global Warming rebranded Climate Change . Apparently people in the rust belt and over 30 other States disagreed with that as a priority .
The lazy media played along and sold scary climate stories they were spoon fed and in some cases refused to provide any balance to the BS they are spoon fed and have been spewing for years .
When their party lost they were so stunned all they could play was the race card and are still in denial holding out for hopeless recounts or conspiracy theories of Russian espionage and hacking .
The public has now been put back in control so if some clown weather women wants to pitch nonsense the public shifts to more objective information sources. Ones that aren’t the propaganda or fake news tool for a political party .
Universities that are now full on incubators for a one sided left wing agenda are really ripping those kids off but worst of all those like Colorado University have faculty openly saying they will not discuss opposing climate views . Education to Propaganda is a fine line . Colorado crossed it . The LA times crossed it . The Guardian , New York Times …. well what do you expect ?
Peoples actions demonstrated the jig is up . Short those media stocks they are going down .

Amber

If left wing pinko Saunders doesn’t like him he sounds like he has potential .
He looks like a guy with a bit of backbone and won’t be bullied by the Demo rat
whiners who have infiltrated the EPA .
Good luck Mr. Pruitt . …. hire security . When the looney tunes get desperate( and they are ) they go into ugly mode . Taking apart their $Trillion dollar con game is going to get them down right belligerent but who cares ? They did get about 1 % of the vote
after all . In other words the science fiction is settled in the minds of voters by about
99 % . The debate is over in their hot air world .
Drain away Mr. Pruitt the public backs you despite the shrill sound of whiners who just had their piggy bank broken .

Amber

The NASA data manipulators collectively don’t have an IQ over 38 . Bullshit merchants about to be out on their ass . Maybe Britain would like to hire NASA rejects .
Where oh where are Dicaprio and Gore going to get their alarmist propaganda ?
When is the much vaunted IPCC report coming out ? That’s right NEVER .
The jig is up they were played as useful idiots and are no longer required .
Did the IPCC hot pants smut writer ever beat those sexual harassment allegations ? Quality right through the organization .

Amber

Why would virtually no change to Antarctic ice in over 100 years be a surprise at all .
Whether it’s minus – 60 or minus – 58 certainly we know it is fricking cold and it is not about to thaw . Throw a few volcanos open below the surface and a part of it might
but if that is considered caused by climate change the science fiction is bigger than
we know .
The question is how much will the Antarctic grow by over the next 1000 years ?

Amirlach

JayPee

I’m willing to consider your argument, but I’m disturbed of your willing to give credence to the unproven and unfoundedly assumed presumption that CO2, CH4, and any other gasses that the extremist left hates are upon their dictum alone the mythical GREENHOUSE GASSES as they define them to be.

I ask you not to buy into their argument without the proof that they have never had.
They have always had conjecture, lies and hysteria and even a low percentage of consensus ( as if that means anything ).
But they have NEVER had proof of their mythical GREENHOUSE EFFECT ( as defined by the extremist left ).